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@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@
others).
ccw_timeout_log [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
cgroup_disable= [KNL] Disable a particular controller
Format: {name of the controller(s) to disable}
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
/selinux/checkreqprot.
cio_ignore= [S390]
- See Documentation/s390/CommonIO for details.
+ See Documentation/s390/common_io.rst for details.
clk_ignore_unused
[CLK]
Prevents the clock framework from automatically gating
@@ -3752,6 +3752,12 @@
the propagation of recent CPU-hotplug changes up
the rcu_node combining tree.
+ rcutree.use_softirq= [KNL]
+ If set to zero, move all RCU_SOFTIRQ processing to
+ per-CPU rcuc kthreads. Defaults to a non-zero
+ value, meaning that RCU_SOFTIRQ is used by default.
+ Specify rcutree.use_softirq=0 to use rcuc kthreads.
+
rcutree.rcu_fanout_exact= [KNL]
Disable autobalancing of the rcu_node combining
tree. This is used by rcutorture, and might
@@ -5100,13 +5106,12 @@
targets for exploits that can control RIP.
emulate [default] Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
- emulated reasonably safely.
+ emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
+ page is readable.
- native Vsyscalls are native syscall instructions.
- This is a little bit faster than trapping
- and makes a few dynamic recompilers work
- better than they would in emulation mode.
- It also makes exploits much easier to write.
+ xonly Vsyscalls turn into traps and are
+ emulated reasonably safely. The vsyscall
+ page is not readable.
none Vsyscalls don't work at all. This makes
them quite hard to use for exploits but